"'Bountiful North Dakota,' the state slogan is symbolized in this air photo taken in November, 1958 wherein the chief sources of new wealth are illustrated... agriculture as showned by the harvested wheat field in the foreground, oil production as...

View of S. Th. Westdal shaking hands and receiving a ring and certificate from another man standing next to a table where three other men sit. There are signs, awards and a bell for the Rotary. The certificate says "This certificate is presented...

"Critchell Parsons, president of the Tioga Petroleum Corporation, right, chats with Clarence Iverson, owner of the land on which the original Williston Basin discovery well was drilled. The meeting took place one Saturday morning in 1952 at the...

Three men wearing hard hats and work clothes working on an oil well drilling rig doing a Silurian test overlooking Lake Sakakawea Texaco No. 3, Amerada, government, Dorough location in McKenzie County, N.D. in 1967.

Tower-man at work in June 1955, on the Lofflund Drilling Company’s derrick on Amerada’s Henry Rohde No. 3 in Mountrail County, N.D. The "Highest job in the oil field is the work of the derrick man whose job is to stack the drill pipe as it comes...

An automobile passes spectators in the Williston oil and farm festival parade. The automobile has a banner hanging from the side which reads 'Williston Basin Refining Corporation Refining N Dakota oil for N Dakota people." The New Grand Theater,...

At an oil celebration, a man unveils an upright stone monument with caption "Oil was first discovered in North Dakota by Amerada Petroleum Corporation April 4, 1951. This Williston Basin discovery, Clarence Iverson No. 1, opened a new era for North...

Group portrait of fifteen men gathered behind a table indoors, possibly a Boy Scout Committee meeting. Men seated in the front row from left to right: Dr. Harry J. Baker, Dentist; O. Fossum, County Superintendent of Schools; Clyde R. Gorham;...

A man is speaking to the audience at a banquet or meal during a Tioga oil celebration or Farm Festival. Checked coats can be seen hanging behind the table of honor, but unfortunately, none of the men and women at that table have been identified. A...

A man is speaking to the audience at a banquet or meal during a Tioga oil celebration or Farm Festival. Checked coats can be seen hanging behind the table of honor, but unfortunately, none of the men and women at that table have been identified. A...

A man is speaking to the audience at a banquet or meal during a Tioga oil celebration or Farm Festival. Checked coats can be seen hanging behind the table of honor, but unfortunately, none of the men and women at that table have been identified. A...

A view of the monument to oil discovery in North Dakota, which reads "Oil was first discovered in North Dakota by Amerada Petroleum Corporation April 4, 1951. This Williston Basin discovery, Clarence Iverson No. 1, opened a new era for North Dakota...

A view of the monument to oil discovery in North Dakota, which reads "Oil was first discovered in North Dakota by Amerada Petroleum Corporation April 4, 1951. This Williston Basin discovery, Clarence Iverson No. 1, opened a new era for North Dakota...

A view of the monument to oil discovery in North Dakota, which reads "Oil was first discovered in North Dakota by Amerada Petroleum Corporation April 4, 1951. This Williston Basin discovery, Clarence Iverson No. 1, opened a new era for North Dakota...